Table construction



Jan. 30, 1945; R. SEE 2,368,382

TABLE CONSTRUCTION Filed May 9, 1944 INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 30, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABLE CONSTRUCTION Ray See, Los Angeles, Calif. Application May 9, 1944, Serial No. 534,765

2 Claims. (emu-14s)- This invention relates to a demountable furniture construction.

It is particularly related to a demountable table construction.

The table of my invention comprises .a top and shelf and biased legs passing through the shelf and connected to the top. Provisions are made for locking the shelf to the legs.

It is an object of my invention to construct the table in a truss-like fashion to give high rigidity and strength to the demountable struc ture.

It is another object of my invention to employ the bias of the legs forming part of the truss members to locate the shelf.

It is another object of my invention to employ I the shelf, as well as the top, as the crossmem-,

bers of the truss structur v I accomplish the dual purpose of locating the shelf and for employing'the shelf as a cross mem-.

place at the notches 1, as shown in Figs. 2, 3,

and 4.

The legs are attached to the underneath side of the top I by means of screws 9 or other removable locking means, such as bolts, etc.

' The wedge or sliding plate 8 is made of a fiat board or plate containing a longitudinal slot l0, through which a screw or other locking means, such as a bolt, passes. While the wedge 8 is shown as attached to the underneath side of the shelf,

it may, if desired, be placed on the upper surface. Other types of locking mechanism, such as latches of various sorts, may be used. The method illustrated is, however, preferred both for structural reasons and. because of its simplicity and utility. The table is assembled by passing the legs I through the holes Band sliding the plate 8- into the groove 7 and tightening the screw 9; The top I is then placed over the plates 4 and the screws tightened. The reverse procedure disin the legs and a sliding wedge fitting in the notch and attached to the shelf.

The following description, taken together with the drawing, will'illustrate the preferred mbodiment of my invention. However, this description is not intended to be a limitation of the nature of my invention, but as an illustration of one embodiment thereof.

Fig. 1 is a plan view;

. Fig. 2 is a side view of my table; V Fig. 3 is an isometric detail of the leg construcion;

Fig. 4 is a section taken Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

along the line 4-4 of The legs I are attached to the plate 4 at an particular example 15". The holes are so spaced in the shelf that when the legs are passed through the bores 6 the shelf willbe wedged in assembles the table.

It will be observed that because of the ,biasing of the legs and the spacing of the holes 6, the

shelf 2 drops exactly into position at the notches 1.

legs, the table top, and the shelf through which the tablelegs pass thus results in a quickly demountable and assemblable table of great strength, rigidity, and pleasing appearance.

While I have described a particular embodiment of my invention for the purpose of illustration, it should be understood that various modifications and adaptations thereofmay be made Y within the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a plurality of biased legs, a top mounted on said legs, .a shelf below said top, biased holes in said shelf, said legs passing through said biased holes, a notch in said legs adjacent the underneath side of said shelf, and slidable plates attached to the underneath side of said shelf and insertable in said notches.

2. As an article of manufacture, a table of truss-like structure comprising a top, a plurality of legs attached to said top at an acute angle, a shelf below said top, a plurality of holes,

one for each leg, the axes of said holes bearing to the plane of the shelf the same acute angle as do the legs to the top, said legs passing through said holes, a notchin said legs adjacent the underneath side of said shelf, and slidable plates attached to the underneath side of said shelf and insertable in said notches.

RAY SEE. 

